Virginia Payrolls for the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, Virginia's seasonally adjusted government payroll employment was 725,700; this means that Virginia added 6,100 jobs to the government industry in the month of February 2023. You can see the not seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows Virginia's seasonally adjusted historical government payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2007 to February 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of Virginia's industries and links for many more of Virginia's industries at this link.

Virginia Payrolls for the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
Virginia Number of Jobs Added to the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
Virginia Payrolls for the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 682300
February 2007 682700 400
March 2007 682400 -300
April 2007 684000 1600
May 2007 685100 1100
June 2007 685000 -100
July 2007 686500 1500
August 2007 688500 2000
September 2007 687800 -700
October 2007 685100 -2700
November 2007 688300 3200
December 2007 689700 1400
January 2008 689500 -200
February 2008 691200 1700
March 2008 691500 300
April 2008 689600 -1900
May 2008 692500 2900
June 2008 694200 1700
July 2008 697400 3200
August 2008 701800 4400
September 2008 699600 -2200
October 2008 700800 1200
November 2008 702100 1300
December 2008 701000 -1100
January 2009 701300 300
February 2009 700000 -1300
March 2009 699100 -900
April 2009 701700 2600
May 2009 703100 1400
June 2009 704300 1200
July 2009 705100 800
August 2009 707600 2500
September 2009 703700 -3900
October 2009 706100 2400
November 2009 706300 200
December 2009 704700 -1600
January 2010 706000 1300
February 2010 700200 -5800
March 2010 702500 2300
April 2010 705200 2700
May 2010 716400 11200
June 2010 715600 -800
July 2010 712500 -3100
August 2010 707900 -4600
September 2010 704300 -3600
October 2010 705900 1600
November 2010 704800 -1100
December 2010 705300 500
January 2011 712900 7600
February 2011 713100 200
March 2011 713300 200
April 2011 712600 -700
May 2011 712000 -600
June 2011 712000 0
July 2011 703600 -8400
August 2011 705400 1800
September 2011 720800 15400
October 2011 721300 500
November 2011 720200 -1100
December 2011 720000 -200
January 2012 717500 -2500
February 2012 716900 -600
March 2012 716000 -900
April 2012 713900 -2100
May 2012 712800 -1100
June 2012 712700 -100
July 2012 700900 -11800
August 2012 708700 7800
September 2012 715900 7200
October 2012 719000 3100
November 2012 718200 -800
December 2012 718000 -200
January 2013 715500 -2500
February 2013 715600 100
March 2013 715200 -400
April 2013 715400 200
May 2013 715000 -400
June 2013 713100 -1900
July 2013 710300 -2800
August 2013 710500 200
September 2013 712900 2400
October 2013 712000 -900
November 2013 711400 -600
December 2013 710800 -600
January 2014 711400 600
February 2014 708800 -2600
March 2014 709500 700
April 2014 710700 1200
May 2014 711200 500
June 2014 711000 -200
July 2014 711300 300
August 2014 712700 1400
September 2014 713700 1000
October 2014 711300 -2400
November 2014 711400 100
December 2014 711900 500
January 2015 711500 -400
February 2015 713100 1600
March 2015 710000 -3100
April 2015 711300 1300
May 2015 711800 500
June 2015 712100 300
July 2015 711000 -1100
August 2015 711700 700
September 2015 711200 -500
October 2015 714400 3200
November 2015 714000 -400
December 2015 714000 0
January 2016 711800 -2200
February 2016 713600 1800
March 2016 715400 1800
April 2016 715000 -400
May 2016 714300 -700
June 2016 714200 -100
July 2016 715600 1400
August 2016 715500 -100
September 2016 715500 0
October 2016 716100 600
November 2016 717000 900
December 2016 716600 -400
January 2017 715600 -1000
February 2017 716100 500
March 2017 715500 -600
April 2017 717400 1900
May 2017 717100 -300
June 2017 717800 700
July 2017 718100 300
August 2017 716500 -1600
September 2017 718500 2000
October 2017 717700 -800
November 2017 717600 -100
December 2017 718300 700
January 2018 720700 2400
February 2018 720400 -300
March 2018 721600 1200
April 2018 721400 -200
May 2018 723500 2100
June 2018 724500 1000
July 2018 726200 1700
August 2018 722000 -4200
September 2018 723700 1700
October 2018 724200 500
November 2018 725200 1000
December 2018 725500 300
January 2019 726000 500
February 2019 727900 1900
March 2019 727500 -400
April 2019 730800 3300
May 2019 730700 -100
June 2019 731600 900
July 2019 737600 6000
August 2019 733200 -4400
September 2019 732600 -600
October 2019 736600 4000
November 2019 735000 -1600
December 2019 734500 -500
January 2020 738400 3900
February 2020 738300 -100
March 2020 740200 1900
April 2020 713100 -27100
May 2020 700100 -13000
June 2020 696800 -3300
July 2020 689100 -7700
August 2020 712500 23400
September 2020 705200 -7300
October 2020 703400 -1800
November 2020 703600 200
December 2020 702000 -1600
January 2021 703000 1000
February 2021 702400 -600
March 2021 704600 2200
April 2021 706200 1600
May 2021 707100 900
June 2021 709700 2600
July 2021 710100 400
August 2021 712900 2800
September 2021 709200 -3700
October 2021 711200 2000
November 2021 709900 -1300
December 2021 712900 3000
January 2022 710700 -2200
February 2022 713400 2700
March 2022 713300 -100
April 2022 712400 -900
May 2022 713700 1300
June 2022 711700 -2000
July 2022 715500 3800
August 2022 718500 3000
September 2022 720800 2300
October 2022 721100 300
November 2022 722100 1000
December 2022 720400 -1700
January 2023 719600 -800
February 2023 725700 6100